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If Pierre Bayard was in charge of Goodreads, the three standard categories (Read, Currently Reading, Want to Read) would be entirely eliminated. Instead there would be: Books that are unknown to me (I don't know about them and am not aware of them); Books that I have skimmed; Books that I have heard Leggi tutto

Read it few years ago and it didn't impress me much. Although it had some intresting ideas.

Most of the people who criticize this book are referring to the English translation How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read . If you take the trouble to consult the original French edition, you'll see all sorts of clever allusions to the intertextual tradition that has grown up in Continental Philos Leggi tutto

În definitiv, cine e fraierul care a citit cu adevărat toate dialogurile lui Platon, toate tratatele lui Aristotel, toate piesele lui Shakespeare, toate cărţile lui Goethe, toate romanele lui Marquez, toate epigramele lui Păstorel? Despre cele mai multe cărți am auzit de la alţii (bunici, unchi, înv Leggi tutto

This is one of four newish books I recently read mostly so I could finally get them off my queue list, all of which were actually pretty good but are mere wisps of manuscripts, none of them over 150 pages or so in length. This one is the surprisingly thoughtful How to Talk About Books You Haven't Re Leggi tutto

أعتقد أن الكاتب الإنجليزي "كولن ولسون" هو من قال بأن قراءة الرواية يجب أن تكون للمتعة أولاً وآخرًا. وأنا أتفق معه كثيرًا، إن كان فعلاً قد قال هذا الكلام ولم تخني الذاكرة، فنحن نقرأ الروايات بهدف المتعة، ومن ثم تأتي كل الأشياء الأخرى. وعندما نحكم على رواية ما بالسوء (أو الجودة) فإننا لا نفعل ذلك إلا Leggi tutto

This book, which I read in its entirety, is about 25% sensible commentary wrapped in an irritating froth of supercilious bullshit. Professor Bayard has a number of observations to make about the whole exercise of reading, some of which are insightful and on point and many of which are bloody obvious Leggi tutto

Catchy title. Was it a parody? Was the author writing in earnest? I heard an interview with the author on NPR and realized there might be more to this book than I’d initially thought. Bayard defintes “books you haven’t read” broadly, including the obvious “books never opened”, but adding “books skimm Leggi tutto

به نظر مي رسد كه نويسنده ي كتاب در مسابقه اي قرار دارد كه به او گفته اند تا پايان عمرت بايد در مورد همه ي كتاب هاي عالم نظر بدهي يا آن ها را تورق كني و اگر نتواني اين كار را انجام دهي يا ناقص انجام دهي عمرت را از تو مي گيريم. به اين دليل كه در نظر ايشان بيش تر صحبت كردن و كم نياوردن در مورد كتاب ها م Leggi tutto